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Delicate remnants of a warmer time are embraced by the first snow. A quiet moment of transition, captured in nature’s minimalist palette.
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I like seeing working areas like this. Well done to Gatwick Aviation Museum for not making it off limits to the public.
Southend based Arriva 4225 outside of Rayleigh Station, Essex. KX62 JNV developed a fault before departure on route 9 to Shoeburyness and was taken out of service.
Eye catching display of a military Land Rover looking like it is disembarking from an aircraft ramp or parachute drop.
Didn't make any notes about this interesting looking vehicle. So any information would be welcomed.
Seen plying its trade in hot drinks in the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent on the day of the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019.
The motor scooter based Ape vehicles have been around since 1948 with various enhancements over the years. Rather like the Citroén H van they are now fairly popular in the UK as small fast food outlets.
A cannon captured by the British during the Crimean War. The cannon barrel was cast in 1802 in the foundry at at Alexandrovski which at the time was being overseen by an Englishman using methods derived from British foundries.
The cannon is on show outside of Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire. There is a plaque saying that it was presented to Ely in 1860 by Queen Victoria to mark the forming of the Ely Volunteer Rifles.
A light cruiser that was launched on 29th September 1914 and finally decommissioned in 2011.
HMS Caroline's main claim to fame is that she was present at The Battle of Jutland. Interestingly towards the end of WW1 HMS Caroline was fitted with a flying-off platform to launch fighter aircraft over the North Sea to try and intercept German airships. She started her long association with Belfast in 1924 when her weapons and some boilers were remove and HMS Caroline became a floating administration and training base. She took on the role of Royal Naval headquarters for Belfast Harbour during the Second World War and played a very important part as a base for operations in the Atlantic Ocean. Post WW2 she was more of a training facility and accomodation ship. Has been a floating museum near the Titanic Quarter of Belfast for about 3 years now.
0-4-4T H-Class locomotive hauling a vintage rack of carriages out of Sheffield Park Station heading to East Grinstead. Bluebell Railway, East Sussex.
The SECR locomotive 263 was built in 1905 and stayed in service until 1964. It arrived at the Bluebell Railway in 1976.
I wasn't the only old timer on Southend seafront this morning.
EJ 4184 passing the bottom of Pier Hill, Southend-On-Sea, Essex.
A very rare model of car only in production for just over a year I believe.
The subject for the 52 week challenge this week was lines so this scene immediately caught me attention as I walked into Brighton.
Normally bars across the front of an image would be something I would avoid...... I can hear a camera club judges saying the bars stop his or her eyes entering into the image. But although my theme was lines this image was all about the light and shade, the colours, the spring, and I felt when I looked at it my eyes immediately looked beyond the lines.
Rail replacement is pretty regular work these days for Stephensons of Essex. This pair of Enviro 400's are usually involved
EX63 UZV
EU12 HXW
The 94,232 ton Greek registered bulk carrier Mapitzinnh ( Marijeannie). The ship was built in 2009, but looks to be in need of some care and attention. This photograph taken as she was leaving Dunkirk Harbour. This harbour has a major deepwater docks area slightly away from the pleasure craft harbour.
In the restoration workshop at the Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
This vehicle had been owned by the De Havilland Aircraft Company.
The Hilman Light Utility vehicles were, and still are, usually called the Hillman Tilly.
Golden-back Woodpecker - a.k.a Black-rumped Flameback foraging on a tree in Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
V750 WPH parked up near the tank ride site at the Echoes of History 2019 event. Held at Purleigh, Essex.
The personalised number plate seems to be from a previous owner, Witney Plant Hire.
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In the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, just outside of Luxembourg City,
The flamboyant, but very effective, General George Patton was sadly killed in a motor vehicle accident and not on the battlefield. He is buried with soldiers of the U.S, Third Army that he lead during the Ardennes Offensive, His grave has been moved from amongst his fellow soldiers to a spot overlooking them. So many people visit his grave that it was causing wear and tear to the headstones and ground around the original burial site. A nice simple headstone that I'm sure General Patton would have approved of.
Photo taken in 2019.
WR982 at the Gatwick Aviation Museum.
A direct descendant of the famous Lancaster. 185 were built between 1951 and 1958, The last of them in an airborne early warning role were not retired until 1991. They did suffer with icing problems and engine fires which resulted in a number of accidents and deaths.
A Norman Castle built alongside the old Roman road to London. Mainly constructed around 1100 to 1135 on the site of a wooden motte and bailey castle from the time of the 1066 Norman Conquest.
Tower Bridge carries the A100 across the River Thames. The A100 is part of the London Inner Ring Road which also marks the boundary of the London Congestion Charge.
Monarch butterfly perched on red sun flower. My poetic thoughts :
Monarch butterfly on sunflower's throne,
Casting its shadow, a dance of its own.
Orange tones blending in the sunlight's embrace,
Nature's masterpiece, a moment of grace.-VFP
Landscape of a tea garden during dusk light in Palampur, Himachal.
The tea gardens were glistening in the soft evening light giving a surreal scene
As the storm clears and the sun sets, the light, colours and mood increase. In the Fall the Great Lakes come to life.
Overlooking the Thames Estuary, about 2miles to the East of Whitstable. The land mass in the distance is the Isle of Sheppey
WXG 557 displayed at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
The MG T Type series of very British sports cars were produced from 1936 until 1955, with a break during the war years.
The MG TC was first marketed in September 1945, an upgrade of the short lived MG TB of 1939. 10,001 TC's were made before production ended in November 1949.
Features of the model include 19" Dunlop wire wheels and a low fuel warning light instead of a fuel gauge.
Another rendition of landscape with Dhauladhar mountains in the background from The Mirage - Andretta, Himachal.
This is another view from the porch of the master-house at The Mirage. This was my second take on this scene. While the earlier was clicked before I saw an artist's sketch of the very same scene - pillar and bell in the foreground, forest and mountains in the background - displayed inside the house, this one was clicked after I had seen the sketch.
Two X30 'Pier to Air' Southend-On-Sea to Stansted Airport buses in view. YY66PCF nearest the camera is heading to Stansted Airport. YY66 PBV, in front is on the return journey to Southend-On-Sea.
Shruti's portrait at The Mirage - Andretta in Himachal.
This candid shot was clicked indoors using ambient light only - a mix of natural daylight and dresser lights - while she was getting lady-ready.
I once read somewhere that monochrome photo-art has become cliched. Amateur photographers click monochrome portraits of the poor in developing and third-world countries, and think that they've created art. While I don't entirely agree with that assessment, I'm happy that I can hope to escape such criticism considering the spread of subjects in my art portfolio.
ZA 947 had an overnight transit stop at London Southend Airport in the company of the Lancaster, along with a Spitfire and Hurricane. All from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Built n 1942 this particular aircraft has served with USAAF, RCAF and Scottish Aviation.
NDL 652R in the bright sunshine of Easter 2019.
Festival of Steam 2019, Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent.
NDL 652R spent a few years working in Essex for NIBS before preservation
I think that this is the tractor unit from Scammell's 6 wheeled articulated lorry introduced at the start of the company in 1922.
The for sale sign next to it says that HR 9157 had served with Usher's Brewery and had also been used as a generator wagon for a fairground.
Displayed in the company of a Little Grey Fergie at the Festival of Steam and Transport 2019. Historic Dockyard Chatham.
At the Le Blockhaus d'Eperlecques bunker museum near St Omer.
I'm assuming that this held gunpowder, but don't know that for sure.
Displayed on the ground and in the air at the Flying Festival 2019 at Old Warden Airfield, Bedfordshire.
The Shuttleworth Collection's 1934 de Havilland DH.88 Comet, Grosvenor House. This aircraft was built for and won the 1934 air race from England to Australia. She travelled from Mildenhall to Melbourne in 70 hours and 55 minutes.
Reduced from £20 in the outlet sales section of a major bookseller store.
Yesterday's man has left a legacy that the United Kingdom is struggling to cope with. Not that David Cameron himself is struggling of course.
Gugielmo Marconi had very strong associations with Chelmsford, Essex. The Chelmsford Museum has put together an excellent display about Marconi. Crompton Electrics and Hoffmann Bearings also have a large area dedicated to their factories that were in Chelmsford. I was very impressed.